angels

[Milo]

with all this talk about angel fish, what is the minimum tank requirement for a angel fish? Are there such things as dwarf angels that will stay small and could possibly stay in a smaller tank?

 

[CAPSLOCK]

I've heard both 20g(tall) and 29g as the minimum requirement. No such thing as dwarf angels (except for SW ).

 

[Milo]

Thanks, Thought i would check. I am thinking about getting like a 2 gallon or something small like that. Probably gonna get a betta, or maybe if a school of tetras would fit. Probably not in a 2 gallon.

 

[CAPSLOCK]

A dwarf gourami would fit...

 

[JustOneMore20]

No dwarf gouramis or tetras in a 2g...thats just way too small. A betta would be the only fish I'd recommend and even a 2g is pushing it.

I believe the minimum tank for an angel would be 29g and that would be for either 1 angel and tetras, cories, etc....or for a pair by themselves (for breeding). For more than one angel in a community tank, I'd go with a 40g minimum. Angels get very big...about 6-7 inches tall and about 5-6 inches long, maybe bigger. Thats a big fish!

 

[DclownD]

hmm wether u believe it or not my stretching the horrizons on small tanks i have tried 3 guppys in a 2g and they seem very happy not a single problem yet and i even have a prego guppie... mmm food fer mr beta

 

[jumpfreak26]

a 20 gallon tall is wut i would say for the minimum. and thats by the fish itself, with maybe five tetras. thats it, no more